Conejo Formation | |
---|---|
Stratigraphic range: Turonian-Santonian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Villeta Group |
Underlies | Guadalupe Group |
Overlies | La Frontera Formation |
Thickness | up to 1,022 m (3,353 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, shale |
Other | Limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 5°35′40.7″N 73°12′59.6″W / 5.594639°N 73.216556°W |
Region | Altiplano Cundiboyacense Eastern Ranges, Andes |
Country | Colombia |
Type section | |
Named for | El Conejo Hill |
Named by | Renzoni |
Location | Toca, Boyacá |
Year defined | 1981 |
Coordinates | 5°35′40.7″N 73°12′59.6″W / 5.594639°N 73.216556°W |
Region | Cundinamarca, Boyacá |
Country | Colombia |
Paleogeography of Northern South America 90 Ma, by Ron Blakey |
The Conejo Formation (Spanish: Formación Conejo, K2C, Kscn) is a fossiliferous geological formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The uppermost unit of the Villeta Group, a sequence of shales and sandstones dates to the Late Cretaceous period; Turonian, Coniacian and Santonian epochs, and has a maximum thickness of 1,022 metres (3,353 ft).